Resolutions

So here are my New Year’s resolutions:

Become an early riser
Get Felicity to sleep in her crib at night
Keep my kitchen cleaner than I did this year
Flatten my stomach
Blog every day

What are yours?

Review: Apples to Apples

I just have to tell you all about Apples to Apples, because it is arguably the best card game EVER.
I played it once in high school, and we’ve played it several times with Dan’s family. Finally, last month, we broke down and bought the game.
Well, that is to say, I harassed Dan until he [...]

Free Garbage

Let’s preface this post by saying that our apartment is less than 800 square feet.
With 2 kids, you can probably understand why I’m rather picky about what come INTO my home and what STAYS in my home.
I am very intolerant of clutter.
This doesn’t mean, of course, that my house is uncluttered, but it does mean [...]

Christmas Has Left the Building

It’s all packed away!
[sigh of relief]
The funny thing about Christmas is that when it comes it makes you feel all warm and cozy, and when it leaves it makes you feel all clean and aired-out. It’s kinda nice.
I asked Ariel to help me put everything away. She quickly agreed, and spent the rest [...]

The Best Christmas Ever

This Christmas started with a lesson learned.
Last night, I stayed up until after 1 am. As I mindlessly browsed the web, I came across a post about how to fall asleep quickly and sleep deeply through a mild form of self-hypnosis.
It sounded easy, and I thought, You know, I need to get up at [...]

Tasty Tuesday: Salsa Verde Chicken Burritos

Hope on over to Makeshift Meals for this week’s Tasty Tuesday post!

A Junkless Christmas

‘Tis the night before Christmas,
And all through the house
Not a present is wrapped
For my beloved spouse.
The stockings aren’t hung
In our home anywhere
And under our tiny tree
The counter is bare.
The toddler is nestled
All snug in her bed.
Tomorrow, she won’t
Play with phthalates or lead.
And Dan’s playing WoW
(As he does when he can),
While I sit here blogging
And nurse [...]

Christmassy Close-Ups

Guess who found the macro focus option on her camera?

So what makes a blog good?

I created this blog yesterday, but I failed to write a post. You want to know why? Because I didn’t want to mess it up.
Sad, huh? And yet, it makes sense. My other blog, Ellie and Fiffy Ann, started very casual with only a few readers, and was a spill-over from [...]